1997 AFL Round 5: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1997 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round 5 of the 1997 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Wayne Campbell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

North Melbourne
B. Allison, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, B. Chandler, G. Freeborn, B. Harvey, D. King, D. Laidley, J. Longmire, M. Martyn, C. McKernan, A. Mellington, M. Pike, A. Rock, W. Schwass, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, M. Stevens

Richmond
W. Campbell (capt.), C. Bond, J. Bowden, P. Broderick, M. Chaffey, N. Daffy, R. Funcke, M. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Harrison, B. Holland, S. Jurica, D. Kellaway, C. Naish, T. Nichols, A. Prescott, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, J. Tape, J. Torney, S. Turner

North Melbourne (21.15.141) defeated Richmond (7.4.46).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: A. Mellington (5), J. Longmire (4), C. Sholl (3), A. Rock (2), B. Allison, B. Chandler, B. Harvey, D. King, W. Schwass, R. Scott, A. Stevens
Richmond: J. Bowden (3), B. Harrison (2), N. Daffy, M. Richardson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) and Richmond were then 9th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Sunday 27 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,449

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 21.15.141 - 7.4.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 6 11 . 8 17 . 10 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Richmond 2 . 0 4 . 0 4 . 3 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 85 NMLB by 95 NMLB by 95
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (North Melbourne), Robert Walls (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Wayne Campbell (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. McCauley (#31), C. Mitchell (#4), M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Glenn Archer NMLB 11 3
Corey McKernan NMLB 31 2
Martin Pike NMLB 13 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 4 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 0 0
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 4 0 5 0 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 2 1 0
9 Chandler, Brett ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 5 0 2 0 2
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 2 0 3 1 2
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 1
7 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 4 3 16 11 5 3 4 1 2 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 6 1 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 10 1 0 2
20 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 5 1 16 10 6 5 0 0 1 1
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 8 0 5 0 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 1 20 14 6 0 0 2 1 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 20 8 12 1 0 0 0 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 3 1 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 0
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 2 0 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 5 0 4 3 0
36 Stevens, Mark ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 2 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 21 15 340 216 124 71 22 35 10 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 2 2
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 7 0 2 1 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 3 17 1 0 1 0 1
9 Campbell, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 4 1 1 1 1
40 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 0
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 0 0
27 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 1 0 0
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 1 0 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 3 0 3 2
23 Jurica, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 3 1 0 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 7 0 3 1 0
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 2 0
26 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 0 0 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 0
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 3 1 2
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 2 1 0
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 2 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 7 4 263 159 104 51 9 24 12 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s